1) brenda would have liked to have taken her vacation at the beach. (2) however, the weather forecast on the television called for rain. (3) also, her fiancé, max, wanted to vacation in the mountains. (4) after a heated discussion, brenda and max decided to compromise. (5) they would spend their vacation time at spring lake. (6) that way, jack could fish and brenda could enjoy swimming.
7. which sentence in the preceding paragraph contains a coordinating conjunction?
a. sentence 4b. sentence 1c. sentence 3d. sentence 2

A coordinating conjunction is used to link phrases, words, clauses, or sentences of equal rank. The coordinating conjunctions are for, and, nor, but, or, yet, and so. In the paragraph you have given above, sentence 4 and sentence 6 have used the coordinating conjunction "and". In your choices, Sentence 4 appears; thus, it's the best answer. 

A. Sentence 4

Both men foresaw the us as a great future power. however, they differed on the path the nation was to follow in achieving this role. while jefferson preferred an agrarian nation, hamilton favored an industrial and business intensive nation. as such, jefferson detested hamilton's idea of a strong federal government. jefferson wanted the bulk of power to rest with the states. these major views were behind polarizing washington's cabinet into two distinct factions. hamilton's followers became known as federalists and jefferson's democratic-republicans.